12 Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining.
13 Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!
Now we see our Father having it proclaimed, woe to those who dwell on the earth! Not woe to a fourth of the earth, or woe to a third of the earth, but woe to all of the earth. This makes sense, war has ravaged a great part of the earth and now natural disasters are hurting even more of it. Of course all of the woes mentioned here will reach all who live on the earth. Yet not us, because we have been sealed, and we have been empowered with the very Spirit of our Father. Jesus is our Shepherd, the heat of our Father’s wrath does not harm us, we do not thirst, and if we drink any deadly thing it will not harm us. Mark 16 is still in effect for the children of God. Heaven and earth will pass away, yet our Fathers Truth’s will forever remain!
I believe that the Truth’s that we rely on today will be amplified, because believers will be unified as never before! Even though a third of the sun and moon will be darkened at this time, we are still more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. Jesus is still greater within us, than anything that is in this world. We will be empowered and used by our Father to be giving food and supplies to those in need when Jesus returns. Woe to those who are of the earth, but amen, we are not of this world, we are of the Kingdom Heaven, and our food and supplies come directly from our Kingdom, regardless of where we are.
There is also another reason that the whole earth is told that they will feel the final three woes. We are going to study in Chapter 9 that a third of men will be killed when these three Trumpets sound. We will study that these people will have to be the children of God. Up to this point we have been shown that the world will have seen a major war and all peace is gone. We have been shown that there will be uncontrollable inflation, death, and disease, and millions of people will have perished. We have also been shown that the world will have experienced major natural disasters that will destroy a 1/3rd of all ships and a 1/3rd of all the creatures that live in the sea. We are told that the grass and plants of the earth will be destroyed. The lost will have seen the sun darkened from all of the dust and ashes of these events. Just think of how depressed we get now when the Sun doesn’t shine for a week. So another physical hardship will not bring any more misery than the unsaved already have. Yet, take away the messengers of Truth, the one thing that will set them free and that is a woe! But remember Jesus, Stephen, James, Peter, John, and Paul, they were all beaten and some of then were even killed. Yet they rejoiced at the glory of being given the opportunity to suffer for our Lord. If we are asked to be martyred by our Father, then He will anoint us with power and grace to not only accept it, but rejoice because of it!
Finally, John is shown a solitary eagle here. There is one message and it is clear, if you are not of God, it is going to get worse for you. There will be no doubt what is coming and the message will be unified and it will be loud and clear. Jesus told us that the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached to every nation at this time. There will not be several different teachings, the message from the children of God will be crystal clear and it will be proclaimed loudly for all to hear through power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. No one will be able to say that they did not know.
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